[Ansteorra] mobility issues

[Chris Zakes]

At 09:57 PM 7/14/2005, you wrote:

>(snip several good points)

>As far as anyone telling somebody that their wheelchair spoils things for 
>them...Just give me a holler. I don't have any problems dealing with 
>people like that. I've heard of folks that complain about people wearing 
>glasses and having it spoil the ambience, but no one has ever said it to 
>me. I'd love to take mine off and give both of their blurry faces a good 
>talking to.


Precisely. It doesn't matter if you're talking about something as simple as 
glasses, or something elaborate like a powered wheelchair. I don't know of 
*anyone* who, if given a choice between having a disability and not having 
it, would say "no, I like my wheelchair better than walking", or "no, I 
like wearing glasses better than having 20/20 vision."

This isn't a question of ignorance, like the lady who had that great story 
about the Snoopy bedsheet T-tunic, or lack of money (unless you're 
comparing glasses to eye surgery) or SCA traditions and historical accuracy 
like the discussion of "autocrat" vs "steward". It's a question of 
necessity for the disabled person, to be able to cope with life as best 
they may. That puts it into a far different category from the folks who 
either don't know or don't care about how the SCA is supposed to work.

         -Tivar Moondragon